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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Future of Work and Death
| image          = The Future of Work and Death film poster 2016.jpg
 
| caption        = Poster
| director       = Sean Blacknell & Wayne Walsh
| producer       = Sean Blacknell & Wayne Walsh
| writer         = Sean Blacknell & Wayne Walsh
| screenplay     = 
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| starring       = 
| narrator       = Dudley Sutton
| music          = Sean Blacknell
| cinematography = 
| editing        = Wayne Walsh
| studio         = Gadfly Productions
| distributor    = First Run Features
Journeyman Pictures
| released       = 25 September 2016 (Raindance Film Festival)
| runtime        = 88 mins
| country        = UK
| language       = English
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'''''The Future of Work and Death''''' is a 2016 documentary by Sean Blacknell and Wayne Walsh about the growth of exponential technology.

The film showed at several film festivals including Raindance Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Academia Film Olomouc and CPH:DOX.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calendar.raindancefestival.org/films/the-future-of-work-and-death|title=The Future of Work and Death|website=calendar.raindancefestival.org|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://iffr.com/en/2017/films/the-future-of-work-and-death|title=The Future of Work and Death|date=2017-01-12|work=IFFR|access-date=2018-03-19|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afo.cz/movie-database/detail/film3636/|title=Movie Database|last=OlomouckeWeby.cz|first=Martin Wagner -|website=www.afo.cz|language=en|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref>

In May 2017 it received an official screening at the European Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/mar/03/no-more-death-taxes-but-do-we-really-want-to-live-forever-with-nothing-to-do|title=No more 'death & taxes' – but do we really want to live forever with nothing to do?|last=Beard|first=Matthew|date=2017-03-02|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> It was distributed by First Run Features and Journeyman Pictures and was released on iTunes, Amazon Prime and On-demand on 9 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/netflix-itunes-amazon-prime-hulu-2017/story?id=47116763|title=What's new on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Prime and Hulu for May|date=2017-05-01|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> The film was made available on Sundance Now on 27 November 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stream The Future of Work and Death|url=http://www.sundancenow.com/films/watch/the-future-of-work-and-death/98abb3b3a29a99b9|access-date=2020-06-14|website=SUNDANCE NOW}}</ref> A companion piece to the film, ''The Cost of Living'', a documentary concerning universal basic income in Britain, was released on Amazon Prime on 8 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-04|title=The Cost of Living - Review|url=https://oneroomwithaview.com/2020/09/04/the-cost-of-living-review/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=One Room With A View|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Moore|first=Alicia|date=2020-09-12|title=The Cost of Living Documentary Film Review|url=https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/post/the-cost-of-living-documentary-film-review|access-date=2020-12-23|website=UK Film Review|language=en}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==
World experts in the fields of futurology, anthropology, neuroscience, and philosophy consider the impact of technological advances on the two 'certainties' of human life; work and death. Charting human developments from ''Homo habilis'', past the Industrial Revolution, to the digital age and beyond, the film looks at the shocking exponential rate at which mankind has managed to create technologies to ease the process of living.

As we embark on the next phase of our adaptation, with [[Engineering:Automation|automation]] and artificial intelligence signifying the complete move from man to machine, the film asks what the implications are for human fulfilment in an approaching era of [[Engineering:Post-work society|job obsolescence]] and extreme longevity.

== Cast ==
* Dudley Sutton – Narrator
* Aubrey de Grey – Biomedical gerontologist and CSO of the [[Organization:SENS Research Foundation|SENS Research Foundation]].
* Will Self – Writer, journalist, political commentator and Professor of Contemporary Thought at [[Organization:Brunel University London|Brunel University]].
* Rudolph E. Tanzi – Professor of [[Biology:Neurology|Neurology]] at [[Organization:Harvard University|Harvard University]] and Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
* Martin Ford – Futurist and author.
* [[Biography:Steve Fuller (sociologist)|Steve Fuller]] – Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology at the Department of sociology at [[Organization:University of Warwick|University of Warwick]].
* [[Biography:Murray Shanahan|Murray Shanahan]] – Professor of Cognitive Robotics at [[Organization:Imperial College London|Imperial College London]].
* Gray Scott – Futurist, executive producer of this production.
* Vivek Wadhwa – Entrepreneur, academic and Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at the Pratt School of Engineering, [[Organization:Duke University|Duke University]].
* [[Biography:Zoltan Istvan|Zoltan Istvan]] – [[Transhumanism|Transhumanist]] and journalist.
* Joanna Cook – Anthropologist, [[Organization:University College London|University College London]].
* Nicholas Kamara – [[Medicine:Physician|Physician]], Kable Hospital.
* [[Biography:David Pearce (philosopher)|David Pearce]] – [[Transhumanism|Transhumanist]] philosopher and co-founder of Humanity+.
* Peter Cochrane – Futurist and entrepreneur.
* [[Biography:John Harris (bioethicist)|John Harris]] – Bioethicist, philosopher and Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at the [[Organization:University of Manchester|University of Manchester]].
* Riva Melissa-Tez – Entrepreneur and [[Transhumanism|transhumanist]].
* Ian Pearson – Futurologist
* Stuart Armstrong – [[Artificial intelligence]] researcher at [[Organization:Future of Humanity Institute|Future of Humanity Institute]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|5142784}}

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